episode 3 helps us understand what and how setting in a story is

1. Episode 3: The Place To Be
Kriztine Rosales-Viray

2. Vision
 Work with a partner. Try to recall the film’s setting
and/or situation and describe it based on how you
recall it.

5. Concept Catcher
 Points to Remember:
 1. Where you place your character is essential to
how they will live and go on with their lives.
 2. What situation you put them in is crucial in
determining the outcome of your whole story.
 MILIEU - places your characters in a particular
physical space/s and puts your characters in
situation that provides the social context of your
story.

6. 2 levels of MILIEU
1. Exterior Component
 Consists of the physical
environment or the setting your
character is found in: where
he/she lives, how it looks, the
time/year and the LOCAL
ATTRIBUTES of that
environment.

7.  2. INTERIOR COMPONENT
 it consists of the ambience or
atmosphere of the environment. It
provides the social context and
emotional element of the character’s
environment which includes:
origin/history of the place (if
applicable, political climate, social
condition, economic state, cultural
dimension, etc.)

8.  The interior component of milieu connects
your character and the environment. It gives
the character a reason to respond to
something and through that reaction,
something is discovered or learned about the
character.

9. Guide Questions to help situate your
character better in his/her Milieu
 1. Where is s/he found? What is the time period?
 2. What unique characteristic/s does the
environment have such that the character can locate
himself/herself there?
 3. What is the factor that links your character and
environment? Does it have something to do with
his/her past? To his/her loved ones?

10.  4. How is the character related or connected to
his/her environment? To his/her job? Through
tradition? To a superstitious belief? To cultural
nuances?
 5. How is the character situated in the environment?
Is s/he an outcast? A hero of the community? A
common person who just blends in his/her
environment?
Guide Questions to help situate your
character better in his/her Milieu

11. VISION REVISION
I want to go on a safari in South
Africa. Gawa tayo ng pelikula
tungkol dun…parang Milan pero
tayo focus natin mga Filipino
volunteers na tumutulong sa mga
HIV/AIDS victims. May social
relevance di ba?
Gusto ko rin yan, pero may
budget ba si bosing para
dyan? Research pa lang
madugo na iyan, baka
mamaya sulat ako ng sulat
tapos dipala iaapprove for
production, sayang lang…

12. Brainstorm
 Character-Milieu Mix and Match
 You will need the following:
 Movie and travel magazines
 Your journal
 Scissors
 paste/glue
 coloring materials

13. BRAINSTORM
 1. Select one character from a film that you
like best.
 2. Select a place that your chosen film
character has never been to. You may even
put a specific character in another film. In
short, simulate a new milieu for your
character.
 3. Make cut-outs from magazine to
represent your character in his/her new
milieu and paste them on your journal.

14.  4. The character you selected is now in another
world outside the world s/he knows. What do you
think will happen?
 5. Write a brief scene description of what you think
will happen to the character? How will s/he react?
How will the people around him/her react? If the
character stays in that “new world”, do you think
s/he will like it there? Will s/he survive? How?

15. Learning Activity
 Identify one place in the metropolis that is very
familiar to you and another place that is very
unfamiliar to you. Try to rediscover the familiar
place by exploring it once again and familiarize
yourself in the other place by visiting it.
 Submit a site feature or a reflection paper about the
places you discovered or rediscovered.

16. Guidelines for Evaluating
the Milieu
 1. Is the milieu communicated clearly to you?
 2. Are the elements found in the milieu consistent
with the character’s behavior or action?
 3. Is the relationship of character and milieu
established and clear?
 4. Do you see the milieu reflected in the character’s
behaviors and actions?
 5. If you remove the character from the milieu, will
s/he stand out? How?

17. Next Meeting:
EPISODE 4:
SHARE THAT STORY

18. THANK YOU!